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Upper Forest Queen at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 737 m long with 223 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 22° at its steepest, facing N.

22°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
737 mlength
223 mvertical
3374 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Upper Forest Queen is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Upper Forest Queen

Lifts that reach the top: Paradise Express Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); The High Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Ruby Chief (intermediate)
  4. Ski Upper Forest Queen (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Forest Queen, Houston Access. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (3 min), Teocalli Lift (3 min), Painter Boy Lift (5 min).

See Upper Forest Queen on the 3D mapAll runs at Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.